A mining company released an initial assessment this week that outlines the potential for an open-pit gold mine northwest of ...

Gold production was up and silver production was way up last year at South Dakota’s only active large-scale gold mine, according to new numbers reviewed Thursday by a state board. Chicago-based ...

Black Hills gold mining ban protects land, water, Sioux Nation church. Buffalo’s Fire. Thu, January 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC. 5 min read. Tracy L. Barnett Contributor to Buffalo's Fire.

Merry mystery donors dropped two gold coins in red kettles to benefit the Salvation Army of the Black Hills’ annual Christmas Campaign. On Dec. 17, one anonymous donor left a 1998 Lady Liberty 1 ...

They envision another open-pit gold mine in their beloved Black Hills, not unlike Homestake’s roughly square-mile, 1,250-foot deep pit that is now the dominant physical feature in downtown Lead.

In this photo provided by SURF, Marty Two Bulls Jr., a Lakota artist, burns sage in a stove to cleanse the sacred land at the entrance of a shaft in the Sanford Underground Research Facility, a ...

An August headline announces gold fever in the Black Hills. Fall 1874 Lured by the promise of gold, miners across the country prepare for a journey to the Black Hills.